So now I need to figure out the best way to actually make it accessible for the bikes :rolleyes (yes, I knew this was coming). Here's the problem that needs solving:
As you can see, there is a rise of about 2-3 inches on the bottom jamb that needs to be bridged with some kind of ramp. The gravel at the shed base as it stands is almost level with the edge of the existing patio slabs, maybe just slightly higher. I'm thinking of extending the paving slabs right up to the shed base, but they can't be sloped to the top of the door jamb obviously. So I'm going to need some kind of ramp. Should be enough room that it doesn't need to be a particularly steep incline, but will need to be easy to move around. So before I just go and get someone to make me a wooden ramp (crap at DIY myself), I wondered if anyone might have seen anything readily available/be able to come up with some ingenious solution?
(29-02-16, 03:37 PM)esetest link Wrote: How about having the door jamb removable or hinged .
That would only partially solve the issue because the jamb itself is just the top piece of wood. There'd still be about an inch of rise to get the bikes up onto. Also, the jamb is rising that inch or so above the shed floor, so got to get over that when getting the bikes out again, which your idea would solve. Hmmm.......
(29-02-16, 03:45 PM)tex link Wrote: My son in law made this out of, off cuts for me, works a treat
Yep, that's the obvious solution that I had in mind from the start, but just wondered if anyone might have other ideas, as I'm not very good at coming up with stuff, and maybe there are other ways too? I like the way he's made that so you can approach it from an angle though, good thinking.
Yes , it flips over so you can go in from either way, we looked at all sorts, the best easy solution would be a bike or car ramp , the type for loading on a small truck.
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I would remove most of the jamb, maybe leave 100mm at each side to screw it down, then get some scaffold boards to make a ramp about 4 wide, batterns on the underside to keep them together and bed them on the gravel so the doors clear them, treat them with preservitive and they should last years. You can buy 2nds for around £1 a foot?
(29-02-16, 04:01 PM)chaz link Wrote: I would remove most of the jamb, maybe leave 100mm at each side to screw it down, then get some scaffold boards to make a ramp about 4 wide, batterns on the underside to keep them together and bed them on the gravel so the doors clear them, treat them with preservitive and they should last years. You can buy 2nds for around £1 a foot?
But the doors drop almost to the level of the concrete base, i.e., beyond the top surface of the shed floor level, so you'd still have an inch or more of rise to get up. So, short of taking a bit off the bottom of the doors....Hmmmm...... :\
slab to the level of the shed floor leaving a 40mm gap so no water runs in the shed, then cut the jamb away apart from about 100mm each side and bolt them down. don't forget you can cross cut a slab to suit most levels.. have a look around where you live they have disabled access everywhere same thing really.
29-02-16, 07:31 PM (This post was last modified: 29-02-16, 07:32 PM by red98.)
Mmmm...tricky one that mr trimmer...the doors dropping below the shed floor is your biggest problem...how about a "hinged bridge ramp "( just made that up, good init :lol ) screwed to the shed floor, open doors fold down ramp, a ramp up to clear the door jamb and then a smaller one down to the shed floor......or , fix the small ramp inside the shed and just have the bigger one hinged....
oh....nice shed :thumbup...but whats the hole in the floor for, to let the flood water out ? :rolleyes
29-02-16, 07:46 PM (This post was last modified: 29-02-16, 07:51 PM by fazersharp.)
(29-02-16, 05:28 PM)taylor link Wrote: slab to the level of the shed floor leaving a 40mm gap so no water runs in the shed, then cut the jamb away apart from about 100mm each side and bolt them down. don't forget you can cross cut a slab to suit most levels.. have a look around where you live they have disabled access everywhere same thing really.
Yep this would be my solution also, a slow rise of the slabs from the ones already there along with cutting the bottom of the doors off flush with the new slab level.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
just a paving slab or two outside the shed door to make a small step would fix the problem. Doesn't need to be elaborate, or smooth. Just needs to work.
Failing that, a piece of 4x2 laid across the width of the shed.
Another thought.....might be good idea to reinforce the floor of the shed, a lot of weight in two small areas when the bikes on the centre stand, parhaps a piece of sheet steel, nothing too thick or it will be harder to lift the bike onto the stand...
(29-02-16, 07:31 PM)red98 link Wrote: Mmmm...tricky one that mr trimmer...the doors dropping below the shed floor is your biggest problem...how about a "hinged bridge ramp "( just made that up, good init :lol ) screwed to the shed floor, open doors fold down ramp, a ramp up to clear the door jamb and then a smaller one down to the shed floor......or , fix the small ramp inside the shed and just have the bigger one hinged....
oh....nice shed :thumbup ...but whats the hole in the floor for, to let the flood water out ? :rolleyes
All sounds a bit complex :rolleyes I thought about similar actually, but then you have all that ramp gubbins on the shed floor getting in the way when the bikes are inside.
The hole is for a ground anchor
[size=1em]The problem I see with trimming the bottom of the door is that it weakens the security of the doors, because then they will just be closing against the jamb, which is merely screwed into place. And if some of the jamb does need to be removed, worse still. Also, there is a securing bolt mounted at the bottom of the door which locks by sitting behind the jamb. [/size][size=1em]Still thinking...[/size] :\
29-02-16, 08:53 PM (This post was last modified: 29-02-16, 09:02 PM by red98.)
Agree with you on modifying the doors, probably not a good idea to cut/remove the jamb either.....how about a pop up ramp, open doors, raise ramp , remove bike......and you thought my last idea was complex :lol......thing with a standard ramp will be moving it out ot the way to shut the doors and then having somewhere to put it when not in use.
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